my ghettolicious machine **update 6/27/06**
 

well i painted my engine-bay metallic black. its not exactaly done yet. just the first coat but it looks pretty damn good. (to me) so ill let the pictures do the talking.

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oh and i got me one of these

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KA24E + 5 speed woot.

yea total cost of my "project" so far is...

$460 including car...not bad...trying to spend the least amount of money as i can here. not cutting corners, just being patient looking for the best deals.


***update 6/27/06***

got ITBs

its gonna be a BlTCH getting them to fit and function properly.

thought id share some pics.

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***update 7/02/06***

so i had a bit of problem with wheel fitment. 15x8 and what looks to be around -15 offset with 195/60 tires. 195/60 is fail i know but im saving for some 195/50 or 205/45 right now, any advise on tire fitment would be great. oh and i am picking up some 15x8 offset 0 on monday for the fronts from www.autornd.com <- good people.

so i had this:

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test fit fender flares at 0 camber, pretty flush:

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then a no suspension shot at like -5 camber (RUCAs are on the way):

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and my car at its current state:

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my car should be running by august 1st finally...had the car for over a year.

**update 7/05/06**

sportmax 02s 15x8 -0 offset.

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**update 7/12/06**

painted my wheels

being the kind of person who hates having the same thing as everybody else sooo.... i rattle canned my brand new wheels haha.

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UPDATE - 7/26/06

so i spent about the last 2 weeks on the crazy cuztom interior:

when i bought the car:

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i got it to look like this:

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then i primered it:

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then the actual paint:

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and while i was taking apart my motor to clean and replace some parts i find chunks of chain tensioner everywhere. so apparently the chain tensioner blew up, but it cant be too big of a deal. i will post another update when the engine is finally in the car or if something funny happens.

***update 7/28/06***

COILOVERS!

*****!

MWAHAHAHA!

I WORKED FOR A STRAIGHT MONTH AND WAITED ANOTHER MONTH FOR THESE FOBS TO GET HERE!

ok so im a bit excited, i woke up when the fedex man rang my doorbell and delivered these babies, it was like i woke up and found jessica alba next to me. anyways, no more wierd metaphors, pics:

KTS SC damper system.

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and some junk waiting to go in:

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the engine should be in, in a week, hopefully, if i dont find more blown up **** haha.

***update 7/31/06***

so i did a bit of painting today.

i cleaned the front timing chain cover:

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but that would boring to leave it that raw metal so i masked off where the gaskets go:

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then laid on the gold 500 degree paint

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removed masking:

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primered and painted my crank pulley:

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primered my front bumper and hood (not pictured)

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painted the bottom of my hood textured metallic black:

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engine should be in next week when my stage 1 hybrid ka cam (Intake 270 duration, .443" Lift
Exhaust 272 duration, .448" Lift) and OEM style gasket set come in.

UPDATE 8/6/06

so yea ive been doing a lot of stuff.

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got a new window, cleaned car, painted wheels, and RON hella fixed my quarter panel. thanks thanks. other than that its little **** like cleaning the engine blah blah.

and i got this done:

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probably the coolest part on my car.

and i will be making more supar flushu bulb kovar. under the name of:

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dont hate my sexy garage.

i love that color!!!:thumb: good work

fabulous

dude we have almost the exact same post count

coolio car gonna be same color.?

cars gonna be white, doing the krylon $50 paint job. interior is gonna be the metallic black though.

practically orgasmic:)

im not too sure if i want to turbo this single cam or keep it stock and save up to buy a CA18DET/KA24DE+T/SR20DET or build up a NA SR with ITBs and all the usual junk.

Nice

Carb and ITB the SOHC

lookin good dude. will that thing ever hit the roads?

looks nice. the engine bay looks good.

looks sweet.

i plan on painting my entire car pearl white along with the engine bay.

:)

looks tight man, i love the jdm sparkle!

thanks for all the comments guys, im in the process of taking apart the motor and replacing some stuff as well as painting the head/block/valve cover and polishing the intake mani, replacing headgasket and stuff. does anybody know some good like cleaning solvent that i could soak my parts in to rid of all the gunk and paint thats affordable and reasonable to do in my garage?


that would be SIICCKkk i wanna go carbed so bad...but theres the issue of gas milage and im not sure what to use and i have little knowledge on carburaters. time for some research. but im seriously considering doing ITBs with some parts off af a bike.

cool almost look silver.